Holder for paint buckets and brushes



Mar-:3, 1925. 1,527,980

7 w. H. JONES ET AL HOLDER FOR PAINT BUCKETS AND BRUSHES Filed D96. 15. 1922 INVENTQRS ATTORNEY I Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM H. J ONES AND ALBERT H. HELLER, OF FAIRIIELD, IQW'A.

HOLDER FOB PAINT BUCKETS AND BRUSHES.

Application filed December 15, 1922. Serial No. 607,063.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. J ONES and ALBERT H. NELLER, citizens of the United States,'residin at Fairfield, in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders for Paint Buckets and Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement whereby the device ordinarily used to hold a paint bucket on the rung of a ladder, or

on similar supporting means, may also be used to hold the brush away from the bucket when the painter is making a change in his position, or for any reason, is temporarily not.-using the brush; and it cons sts of a clamping attachment secured to the bucket holder and arranged in such a manner that it may be readily adjusted wider apart or closer together to hold brushes of different sizes. Also of other features which will be hereafter described and more specifically set forth in the claims. In the accompan ing drawings forming a part of this speci cation, Fig. 1 is a perspective of a holder embodying our invention. Fi 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 of ig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of a central portion of the bucket holding device. Fig. 4 is a perspective showing one of the brush clamping members detached from the bucket holding device. Fig. 5 a transverse section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

-Referring to the drawings A represents the bucket-holding device which is preferably an ordinary Wire doubled on itself and its central-and upper portion being provided with a hook lar e enough to catch over a ladder rung B. maller hooks C are formed on the lower ends of the wire to engage and sustain a bucket bail D. The hooks C are preferably set in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 1,and standing. a distance apart the hail of the bucket may be passed up between them and above the points of the hooks, when beingturned a quarter way around and lowered into the hooks C, it will occupy the position shown in Fig. 1. This arrangement will serve to prevent the bail from being accidentally disconnected from the hooks C.

' Horizontally disposed brush holding clamps 'E are secured to a central portion of the bucket; holding member, whereby a brush F may be readily inserted between them, and be securely held thereby, away from thei'bucket and the paint therein, as also shown in F ig. 1. These clamps may be secured to the holder in different ways without departing from the fundamental spirit of our invention, but the preferable way of attaching them is as follows. The wires forming the bucket holder are bent as shown in Fig. 3, the offset portion G being at some distance-from the portions H of the wire. There should be a bent part G in, or on each adjacent portion of the wire, and the bent portions should preferably stand parallel with each other.

. The clamping members E are preferably made of elastic sheet metal, with their attaching ends divided into three parts-a central part I, and side portions J. The central portion I should be as much longer than the side portions J as the bent portion are in contact so as to encircle it, the clamp-- ing members will be held in rigid contact with the wire and will be prevented from.

etween the clamps, and as it.

is slipped down toward the clamps E it will draw them together to hold a smaller brush between them.

As will be seen, it holds the brush in a perpendicular position with the handle upward and the brush close to the bail D, and therefore above the bucket which is not shown in the drawing, whereby any drippings from the brush will drop lnto the bucket.

Instead of a single wire doubled together, two wires joined together at their upper ends may beused. In either case the ends of ,the Wire at the lower end should have a tendency to spread apart to a small extent and to be drawn together by slipping the loop K downward on the wire.

The device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive, is easily manipulated, will not be in the way, and is effective in operation.

What we claim is:

1. A holder for paint buckets and paint brushes, comprising a vertically disposed member consisting of a wire doubled on itself, at its upper end said upper end having a hook to catch on an overhead support and its lower end having hooks to engage the bail of a paint bucket and thereby support the bucket in combination with, and a pair of oppositely disposed clamping mem bers each member being applied to an adjacent intermediate side of the wire, and being adapted to hold a handle of a paint brush between them above the bail of the bucket.

2. A holder for a paint bucket and paint brushes, comprising a vertically disposed member consisting of a wire doubled on itself at its upper end said upper end being adapted to catch on an overhead support and its lower end being adapted to engage the bail of a paint bucket and thereby support the bucket, and the adjacent intermediate sides of the wire being ofiset and said ofl'set portions being parallel with each other, a pair of outstanding horizontally disposed clamping members, each having side portions encircling its adjacent wire above and below the offset in the wire, and an extended central portion encircling the ofi'set portion of the wire substantially, as shown and described.

3. A holder for paint buckets and paint brushes, comprising a vertically disposed member consisting o't'a wire doubled on itself at its upper end, said upper end being adapted to catch on an overhead support and the ends of the wire being disposed to spread apart and adapted to engage the bail of a paint bucket, and a loop member adapted to be slid up and down on the wire, thereby permitting the ends to spread apart or to be drawn together in combination with a pair of oppositely disposed clamping members, each member being applied to an adjacent intermediate side of the wire and adapted to hold the handle of a paint brush between them and above the bail of the bucket.

Fairfield, Iowa, December 6, 1922.

WILLIAM H. JONES. ALBERT H. NELLER. 

